More I am very glad to meet the honorable MPs from UK, Germany, Romania, Ireland, Lithuania, Italy, Switzerland and Malta at the home of the Iranian Resistance and have the opportunity to discuss with them the changing circumstances in #Iran . #Iranprotests 9:44 AM - 9 Feb 2018

"Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region" Brussels conference: post-conference financial tracking report published Council of the European Union Council of  European Union  , Oct. 18, 2017 -  At the 'Supporting the Future of Syria and the Region' Conference in Brussels on 4-5 April 2017, the international community and the governments of refugee hosting countries came together to reaffirm commitments to help millions of affected civilians in Syria as well as Syrian refugees and the communities generously hosting them. The international community pledged US$6 billion in funding to support humanitarian, stabilisation and development activities in 2017 in Syria and the region, and a further US$3.7 billion for 2018-20. International financial institutions and donors also announced almost US$30 billion in loans. The Brussels conference co-chairs (the EU, Germany, Kuwait, Norway, Qatar, the United Kingdom and the  United Nations  ) published...

Sigmar Gabriel: Germany is ready to increase pressure on Iran German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel and Chancellor Angela Merkel attend the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany, September 27, 2017. REUTERS BERLIN (Reuters) -Oct. 9, 2017 -   Germany is worried that U.S. President Donald Trump will say the international deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program is not being adhered to and that this will turn North Korea off any accord to halt its nuclear weapons program, the foreign minister said. Sigmar Gabriel told reporters in Berlin on Monday that Germany was ready to increase pressure on Iran, with diplomatic means, but that “we do not want to see this agreement damaged.” He added: “Our big concern is with, regard to North Korea, that it is very unlikely the North Korean dictatorship is ready to agree to an international agreement to renounce the building of nuclear weapons if the only agreement in the world that has allowed such ...

Germany worries Trump will quit Iran nuclear deal 10/8/2017 7:54:19 PM German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said The United States is likely to quit the Iran agreement next week -- that is my great concern, BERLIN (AFP) -08 October 2017 -  German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said Sunday that he feared US President Donald Trump would quit the Iran nuclear deal next week. Trump is a stern critic of the 2015 accord, which he has called 'the worst deal ever', and US officials say he intends to tell US Congress next week that Tehran is not honouring its side of the bargain. 'The United States is likely to quit the Iran agreement next week -- that is my great concern,' Gabriel was quoted as saying by national news agency DPA. However Gabriel said Germany remains committed to the agreement, which Berlin helped negotiate, to stop Iran from building a nuclear bomb. He accused the US administration of 'replacing the rule of law with t...

Trump expected to decertify Iran nuclear deal, official says 10/5/2017 10:22:21 PM U.S. President Donald Trump speaks after meeting with police at the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department in the wake of the mass shooting in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S., October 4, 2017. WASHINGTON, Reuters, October 5, 2017  -  President Donald Trump is expected to announce soon that he will decertify the landmark international deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program, a senior administration official said on Thursday, in a step that potentially could cause the 2015 accord to unravel. Trump has been weighing whether the pact, which he has called an “embarrassment,” serves U.S. security interests as he faces an Oct. 15 deadline for certifying that Iran is complying with it. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Trump is also expected to roll out a broader U.S. strategy on Iran that would be more confrontational. The Trump administration has frequently c...

Defense Secretary Mattis suggests sticking with Iran nuclear deal U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis testifies before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on the Political and Security Situation in Afghanistan on Capitol Hill in Washington U.S. October 3 2017 WASHINGTON (Reuters) OCT. 3, 2017  - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Tuesday the United States should consider staying in the Iran nuclear deal unless it were proven Tehran that was not abiding by the agreement or that it was not in the U.S. national interest to do so. Mattis said he supported U.S. President Donald Trump’s review of the agreement curbing Iran’s nuclear program. Trump is weighing whether the deal serves U.S. security interests as he faces a mid-October deadline for certifying that Iran is complying with the pact, a decision that could sink an agreement strongly supported by the other powers that negotiated it. “If we can confirm that Iran is living by the agreement, if we...